Over decades, Israel and Palestine have not come to peace. However the two countries went through a series of peace talks which have ended without both sides coming to a conclusion. These two nations have always started their peace talks based on the Israeli-Palestinian equation of ”land for peace”, but the talks have brought neither land nor peace, but violence. After every peace talk, the two nations have fought each other for land and power, and although other nations have tried to bring peace through peace treaties, they have all failed to do so. Thus “land for peace” has failed because Israel refused to concede land has opted to manage the conflict.
Now that the direct peace talks between Israel and Palestine have begun, many are afraid that the two nations won’t agree to a solution and begin the countdown for the next round of violence in the region.
Question to the class: Do you think there will be any peace between Israel and Palestine in the near future if there are always going to be violence no matter how much is done to bring peace in the region?
